The Lure stands also as a cinematic act of love towards Poland’s capital city in the 1980s with its sparkling neon signs, lighthearted nightlife, and ability to knock back gallons of vodka in its best days.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 21, 2025

Half the fun of this full-blown choreographed musical is that you can't believe what you are seeing. The other half is watching Golden dispatch leering drunks.

| Oct 15, 2022

Agnieszka Smoczyska's debut is original and beautiful, and it showcases powerful, charismatic women.

| Oct 15, 2022

All skin and glitter, with no substance, much like its protagonists.

| Oct 15, 2022

Though certainly not for the fainthearted, this is a true original with all the trappings of a cult classic and the potential to be a very fun repertory show, costumes and all.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 15, 2022

The Lure is a Polish electo-punk, mermaid sex horror-musical, with heart.

| Oct 15, 2022

Polish horror rock opera, The Lure, is a bit of both, but with some extremely creative motifs and appropriately alluring imagery to make the more misogynistic aspects of being a fish lady more palatable.

| Oct 15, 2022

The story was so good then I kind of wanted it to go longer.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 15, 2022

Unclassifiable in the best possible way, The Lure will hypnotize you with its sheer ambition and gorgeous production design.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 12, 2022

The Lure offers a delectable collision of multiple different genres and styles while staying true to its feminist messaging and Han Christian Andersen's grim mermaid fairytale. Disney this ain't

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 8, 2022

For those seeking something different in their cinematic diet, look no further than this one-of-a-kind oddity from Poland.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 22, 2021

It's got teen romance, misandry, cannibalism, and synchronized dancing - what's not to love?

| Feb 17, 2021

I thought the movie did such a great job balancing the fantasy elements of the fairy tale with a grittier contemporary setting.

| Feb 17, 2021

A perversely strange take on The Little Mermaid lore, The Lure takes you into its stylish depths to relay the fate of some poor, unfortunate souls.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 31, 2020

From a purely spectacle angle, "The Lure" is a strange, atypical film, and if you're into crazy-ass shit-which is right up my alley-you may want to take a look at this mermaid rock opera.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 2, 2020

The concept is delightful, and the realization a first-rate labor of love, talent, and artistic skill, untrammelled by big budget.

| Jun 8, 2020

The Lure is a great film, like a long form music video that works, reminiscent of Bjork and Mylene Farmer with a true Polish spirit.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 19, 2020

The Lure is weird in such an earnestly pure way that it's functionally hypnotic without ever being sleepy.

| Mar 26, 2020

A fun and eye-openingly original ride, gleefully leaping from genre to genre with nimble grace.

| Sep 1, 2019

It works as a reformulation of fairy tales, but also as a criticism of that same tales. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 7, 2019